Bonhoeffer the Assassin? Challenging the Myth, Recovering His Call to Peacemaking
Overview
Most of us think we know the moving story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s life—a pacifist pastor turns anti-Hitler conspirator due to horrors encountered during World War II—but does the evidence really support this prevailing view? Bonhoeffer the Assassin? Challenging the Myth, Recovering His Call to Peacemaking carefully examines the biographical and textual evidence and finds no support for the theory that Bonhoeffer abandoned his ethic of discipleship and was involved in plots to assassinate Hitler. In fact, Bonhoeffer consistently affirmed a strong stance of peacemaking from 1932 to the end of his life, and his commitment to peace was integrated into his theology as a whole.
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- Factual overview of Bonhoeffer’s history
- Explorative commentary on both sides of the Bonhoeffer story
- Conclusions supported by biographical and textual evidence
- Foreword by Stanley Hauerwas
- Title: Bonhoeffer the Assassin? Challenging the Myth, Recovering His Call to Peacemaking
- Authors: Mark Thiessen Nation, Anthony G. Siegrist, Daniel P. Umbel, and Stanley Hauerwas
- Publisher: Baker Academic
- Publication Date: 2013
- Pages: 256
Mark Thiessen Nation (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is professor of theology at Eastern Mennonite Seminary in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and has authored several books.
Anthony G. Siegreist (ThD, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto) is associate professor of theology at Prairie Bible College in Three Hills, Alberta.
Daniel P. Umbel (MDiv, Eastern Mennonite Seminary) is a pastor, formerly of Mt. Olivet Church in Dyke, Virginia, who lives in Grafton, West Virginia.
Stanley Hauerwas is the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke University. Prior to that, he was a professor at the University of Notre Dame. In 2001, he was named “America’s Best Theologian” by TIME Magazine. Hauerwas is the author of numerous books, including Unsettling Arguments, Hannah’s Child: A Theologian’s Memoir, Christian Existence Today, and Living Gently in a Violent World.
